Daniel 1:12 meaning and explanation
“Please test your servants for ten days. Let us be given only vegetables to eat and water to drink.
Daniel 1:12, Berean Standard Bible
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Daniel, a young Judean exile in Babylon, is speaking to the steward set over him and his three friends. The king's rich food and wine were likely offered to idols and possibly unclean under the law, so Daniel asks for a ten day test of vegetables and water rather than a direct refusal.
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